This diagnosis-specific guide explains current evidence on standard treatments, including benefits, risks, side effects and key questions to ask your doctors. It is based on independent research...
In this episode of The Moss Report, Ben Moss sits down with Dr. Ralph Moss to explore the science of resveratrol, a powerful plant compound found in these two everyday foods. Discover why low...
A Remedy with a Dedicated Following, but What Does the Science Say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwf5VpAOuAg Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and son Ben talk about the Budwig Diet, flaxseeds and...
Mushrooms & Cancer - After centuries of use and research, are mushrooms magic, myth, or medicine? https://youtu.be/KQPkfy2xzM4 Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and son Ben discuss the benefits...
A Disease of Civilization A while ago, when I wrote an article about cancer as a disease of civilization, I had many interesting responses. One reader wondered how cancer could be a disease of...
A Report on an Herbal “Cure” What is noni juice and why are so many people taking it? Noni is Hawaiian for a plant known scientifically as Morinda citrifolia. It is also known as Indian mulberry...
PolyMVA–A Friendly Skeptic’s ViewIn December 1998, I had the pleasure of receiving a visit from Merrill Garnett, DDS. Garnett is a former naval dentist who took up medical research in 1959 and...
In August 2018, 50 armed agents of the Filipino Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raided a natural medicine clinic that was treating cancer in Victoria, Tarlac. The clinic had operated...
A Study ShowedHow effective is bevacizumab (Avastin®)? A study of advanced colorectal cancer showed that progression-free survival went from 6.2 months with chemo to 9.2 months when Avastin was...
Resveratrol, A Natural Compound Found in the Skin Of GrapesMost of my research involves long hours on the computer or in the medical library. So it was a pleasure to do fieldwork in New York’s...
A Summation of the Life Work of a Remarkable Hungarian Scientist Review of A Textbook by Andras Szasz, Nora Szasz, and Oliver Szasz Springer Verlag There have been numerous books and monographs...
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) of the Brain Scientists at Duke University have come up with an ingenious treatment for one of the deadliest of all cancers, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) of the...
Advances in Treatment The death from brain tumors of Bernadine Healy, MD (1944-2011), former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was a tragic reminder of the power and...
A Colony of Beluga WhalesThere is a colony of beluga whales in the upper St. Lawrence River that do not migrate but patrol a stretch of the waterway where there is abundant plankton. "They have...
An Object Lesson An internist at a small military hospital in South Carolina created a sensation in December when he claimed that the unconventional drug hydrazine sulfate caused massive liver...
The First to Use Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) On March 20, 2012, Laszlo Csatary, MD, the first person to use Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in the treatment of cancer, passed away in Fort...
In the News AgainA study carried out by a research team from the Harvard School of Public Health and published July 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine (Fawzi, WW, 2004) showed that a...
A Mass of Mycelium Although often called a mushroom, Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is an unusual parasite that grows on the bark of ‘wounded’ trees (with poorly healed branch stubs), mainly birch...
High Concentrations of Phytonutrients “Superfoods” are health products that contain exceptionally high concentrations of phytonutrients (plant chemicals). These are concentrated when green plants...
Folk RemedyPau d’arco is an ancient South American folk remedy, derived from the inner bark of a trumpet-flowered vine, Tabebuia impetiginosa (Argentina) or Tabebuia heptaphylla (Brazil). These...
A Rich and Useful PlantThere is no stronger association between a plant and traditional cancer remedies in the U.S. and Europe than common red clover (Trifolium pratense). Sooner or later, it...
Blue-Green Algae (Spirulina platensis)Spirulina is a concentrated food supplement derived from blue-green algae (Spirulina platensis) that grows abundantly in water. It is defined as a “water...
Lipoxygenase (LOX)Frankincense is a sap tapped from the Boswellia tree by slashing the bark and allowing the resins to flow and harden. This odd-sounding substance has been used in folk medicine...
Fractionated PolysaccharideModified Citrus Pectin (MCP) is what is called a “fractionated polysaccharide” derived from soluble fiber in the peel of citrus fruit. Kenneth J. Pienta, MD, a...
A Thorny Sea Creature for Cancer Dietary supplement “Sea cucumbers and their extracts have gained immense popularity and interest among researchers and nutritionists due to their nutritive value,...
Autophagy and “Peak Fasting” The concept of autophagy supports the reason for prolonging the (standard) nightly fast. Toshinori Ohsumi, MD, received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
Cancer Stem Cells Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) are defined as cells with the capacity for both self-renewal (i.e., making an exact copy of themselves) and differentiation (i.e. turning into different...
Targeting Brain Cancer In June of 2013, I undertook a pilgrimage to the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). I was happy to have an abstract included in the...
DIY Solutions “If you are extending someone’s life, it should be a good life. God forbid that we extend your life for three months but those three months suck.” Mutlay Sayan, MD, Rutgers Cancer...
American Cancer Society At their website (www.cancer.org), the American Cancer Society tries to differentiate between what it calls "proven" treatments and those it classifies as "quackery."...
Ionizing Radiation Ionizing radiation, such as radium and X-rays, has been part of cancer treatment since the days of the Nobel laureate Marie Curie (1867-1934). These techniques now...
A Major Health Problem Brain metastases were once believed to be very rare. However, because of the increased use of sophisticated diagnostic techniques such as CT and MRI scans it is now...
Metronomic chemotherapy is being used in the U.S. with some preliminary success in difficult-to-treat cancers. Nick Chen, MD, Ph.D., an oncologist who serves as medical director of the Seattle...
Is HIFU an Effective Alternative to Surgery? According to the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a revolutionary technology that could help treat “diseases...
What does Science Say? Do devices such as cell or mobile phones, which emit radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF), cause cancer? According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), this is...
Using Low Voltage Electricity to Destroy TumorsElectroChemotherapy (EChT) or Galvanotherapy is the use of low voltage DC electric currents to destroy tumors. The treatment is named in honor of...